Month: May 2024

We’ll do the paperwork next week and I will check KBARR charts.

Take the test. Open book for Tom Sawyer.

Continue movie after all are finished and collected.

Doodle Theme: Paradise.

Mental Floss. (All reruns from week 2)

1. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark with  him? (Note: It asks how many animals, not how many pairs.)
2. Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each letter once.
3. How many times can you subtract 6 from 36? (Alert: math.)
4. Sue is both the 50th best and the 50th worst student at her school. How many students attend her school? (Not a trick, just math.)
5. If everybody in the world jumped off a cliff, would you? Why/not? (No credit without correct reason!!)
6. Which is smallest? nobis, nettikt, wrothag, useom, irgafef

Test #32

Welcome Guest Teacher. Everyone should know that a 10/10 rating from the Guest Teacher = reward, but anything, < 8 = “consequences.”

“Warm Up, 5/16.”

1. Well, a) ____ at it again; b) ____ goes another one of c) ____strange vehicles. (the three theres)
2. Copy: 10% of 40 = ____
3. Copy: 32/40 = ___% ___ (Letter Grade)
4. We can wait here until the llama arrives.   simple, compound or complex?

“Vocab, 5/16.” trifle, subdue, clamor, relic, laud, ensconce, avert, fallible, feeble, traverse

1. The root of this word meant “to cry out.”
2. The prefix of this word means “under.”
3. The roots of this word meant “to turn from.”
4. Humans are _____; that’s why a utopian society is impossible.
5. The root of this word meant “to weep.”
6. We had to ____ some very rough terrain in our 4-wheel drive Jeep.
7. I ____(ed) myself in the bushes, and they never found me playing Hide ‘n’ Seek.
8. Typewriters are a ____ of the good old days.
9. Tom didn’t really want the Bible, he just wanted every to ____ him.
10. The root of this word means “praise.” (duh)
11. Mark Twain has us ____ our eyes from the ugly scene after Tom’s wrong Bible answer.
12. Tom traded various ____(s) for Bible tickets.

Tom Sawyer Movie: https://youtu.be/CyZyE9DgA-k?si=4p_KScxZVFW-Nmub&t=158

“Grammar, 5/15.” Copy and Label.
Homer tripped very awkwardly, and hit his fat head on the door.

“Vocab, 5/15.” trifle, subdue, clamor, relic, laud, ensconce, avert, fallible, feeble, traverse

1. The root of this word meant “fortify.”
2. The root of this word meant “to mock or deceive.”
3. The crowd noise rose to a ______ as the star took the stage.
4. The roots of this word meant “to leave behind.”
5. The man was ____(ed) for his heroic rescue.
6. The atmosphere was very ____(ed) at the somber funeral.
7. His attempt at a free throw was ____ at best; it barely brushed the net.
8. Tom and Huck were ____(ed) behind the trees beside the grave.
9. The root of this word meant “crosswise.”
10. Her quick thinking ____(ed) a possible tragedy from happening.
11. Many people seem to think AI is (in)______, but many times it can’t even do simple math.
12. The police used force to ____ the violent suspect.
13. It was difficult to concentrate with all the ____ in the large hall.

Tom Sawyer.

End of chapter 12 and 13… Tom gets dumped again, and the pirate crew set sail!

“Advisory” Schedule.

“Warm Up, 5/14.”

1. What were the two theories brought up in the Lois Lowry interview (one by each person) about why the book gets banned?
2. What were the two examples she gave of the extreme reactions when the book came out?

“Grammar, 5/14.” 1. Copy and Label.  2. What kind of sentence is it?  3. Rewrite it as another kind and say which you chose.
He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.
Hints:
noun- PPT
adjective- describes a noun or pronoun
pronoun- subs for a noun (“My pronouns are…”)
verb- What the subject does. (Also any form of to be.)
adverb- how/where/when
conjunction- “…hooking up words and phrases and clauses.”
preposition- always in a phrase that ends with a noun

“Vocab, 5/14.”  trifle, subdue, clamor, relic, laud, ensconce, avert, fallible, feeble, traverse
All words once; two twice.

Tom Sawyer, p 79—>>

and The Cat and the Painkiller!

Late Start Monday.

Copy homework into planner:

• KBARR ! Read 15 minutes, get chart signed DAILY (in notebook), respond 1 page by Friday. Four signatures  (M, T,W,Th) due Friday.
• Vocabulary  due Tuesday and Wednesday.
  • due Tuesday – Definitions in notebook.
  • due Thursday– Copy and Finish the SMYK’s

“Grammar, 5/13.” Copy the sentence and label each word with its part of speech.
Yesterday, Beetle bravely endured their anger and cruel taunts in silence.
Hints: Beetle, anger, and taunts are people, places, or things.
What did Beetle DO? (verb)    How/Where/When did she do it? (Adverb)
What kind of…? (Adjective)  Pronouns include possessive ones.
Prepositions always have a noun soon after. Conjunctions connect words, phrase, or clauses.

Debrief Test #31.

Lois Lowry Interview

• What do they both say that The Giver is Really all about?
• Why do you think they both say it’s more relevant than ever today?
• Why is this book banned?

Tom Sawyer. Blood Oath!